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Tikanga Māori (Māori cultural practices) guide Māori in social relationships and help them to understand the world. Mana, the “authority, power, control, influence, and prestige” (Ka’ai & Higgins 2004:17) a person has, is one of these concepts. Every aspect of Māori culture is interwoven, and their deeply holistic worldview (Boyes, 2010a) keeps Māori connected not…

The people saw upon his wrists the scars of the racks of Spain. – Robert E. Howard, “Solomon Kane’s Homecoming” One of the unique aspects of the correspondence between Robert E. Howard and H. P. Lovecraft is their relative openness and closeness of views—or at least prejudices—on race. None of Lovecraft’s other correspondents quite shared…

Generation (from the Latin generare, meaning to beget), also known as procreation, is the act of producing offspring. Generation can be defined as the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time. Each generation has its own distinct set of values that is developed from the social environment in their early…

The theory of evolution in biology does not provide an explanation for the origins of life on Earth. Nonetheless, it does shed light on the process through which life has evolved and diversified into different forms that currently exist and can be observed in the fossil record. Biology helps us comprehend the existence of evolution…

Jotirao Govindrao Phule was born in the Satara district of Maharashtra in a family belonging to the Mali (Fulmali) caste, which was perceived as an inferior caste by certain sections of society. His father, Govindrao, was a vegetable vendor. Originally, Jotirao’s family, known as Gorhays, came from Katgun, a village in Taluka-Khatav, District-Satara. His grandfather,…

Physics behind roller coasters Energy can be converted from one from to another. When the car is still, the energy which is acting on it is GPE (gravitational potential energy). The car starts to accelerate towards the peak. The energy is converted from GPE to Kinetic energy. The car is at the peak. The energy…

Marriage vs. Premarital Cohabitation When a choice is given to pick a subject to debate between “Marriages” and “Premarital Cohabitation”, the writer believes that most would make their case on the former rather than on the later. Irrespective of whether it was a small child, a young person, or a senior citizen in all probability…

The Gold-Legged Frog and The Winter Oak, are both stories which use nature in particular ways perfectly to set up the stories that follow. Analysing the extracts offers us various details which help us to understand the whole story. In The Gold-Legged Frog one is immediately struck by the use of colour. “Dirty yellow leaves”,…

Reflection is defined as “the process of creating and clarifying the meaning of experience in terms of self”(Boyd & Fales 1983, p101) and Reid (1993) defines reflection as “a process of reviewing an experience of practice in order to describe, analyse, evaluate and so inform learning about practice” (p305).Many authors recommend the use of a…

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM This survey is conducted to happen out the current position of the “conyo” talk in the Philippines. The survey specifically replies and defines the undermentioned inquiries: Beginning and history of “conyo” talk in the Philippines. How does “conyo” speak affects the Filipino society? Is “conyo” talk a portion of our civilization or…